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Presentations and Keynotes

Neil Fleming designer of the VARK questionnaire and its support materials, is available to keynote your conference, or seminar or to lead participatory workshops on your campus or workplace. He travels regularly to North America, Asia, the Caribbean and Europe. His workshops are not just for universities and colleges. Increasingly his ideas are used to improve communication in industry and commerce. Some topics for your keynote address or seminar offerings:

  • Communicaton Breakdown in the Workplace: Could it be related to Learning Preferences?
  • Learning Preferences and Teaching Behaviors.
  • Using Learning Preferences to get Better Learning and Retention.
  • Ten Best-Practice Strategies for Improving Learning
  • Problem: Students who fail. Some solutions for your students and teachers.
Why not email him now at flemingn@ihug.co.nz and ask about costs and value for money. Although he is based in New Zealand, his fees are reasonable.

Outline of Two of his Workshop Offerings

Neil's workshops are noted for their interactivity because he leaves a trail of change in teaching behaviors. He is willing to design these active workshops to suit your "culture" and your faculty. Testimonials to his effectiveness are available from previous clients.

USING VARK AND LEARNING PREFERENCES TO IMPROVE LEARNING.

Using the VARK questionnaire as a catalyst for improving learning in a range of different environments - training, education, sports coaching....

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Participants will take a brief inventory (VARK-- Visual, Aural, Read/write and Kinesthetic) to identify any preferences for sensory modalities. These are used when taking in and giving out information. Participants will get feedback on their preferences and discuss the implications for their learning. We will examine some VARK profiles and your preferences for specific learning strategies. There will be contributions from research data. Participants (in groups) will be challenged to consider strategies within and 'outside' their own preferences and to consider methods for empowering learners to use their learning preferences to study AND learn more effectively.

Outcomes

At the end of the workshop you will:

  • know the basis from which VARK was created.
  • know more about your own preferences.
  • be able to use VARK confidently with your students.
  • recognize again the challenges in diverse classrooms.
  • have gathered strategies to cope with student diversity.
  • have recognized the diversity among your colleagues.
  • be keen to use your new knowledge with others.

55 STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING

A host of techniques based on learning principles for improving teaching and learning.

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This very interactive workshop provides participants with at least 15 practical strategies to help learners. They are techniques that work on "Monday morning". The 55 Strategies that Neil offers ,cover a range of different contexts from lecture strategies to suggestions for involving learners in reflection and metacognition. There are opportunities for participants to contribute their own ideas to achieve more effective learning. The workshop uses group work in an interesting and engaging way.

Outcomes

At the end of the workshop you will:

  • leave with a number of practical suggestions for change
  • have contributed your own best practice ideas for others..
  • have identified the learning potential in a number of examples from best practice.


NORTH AMERICAN WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN FACILITATED AT:

(Note: The number in parentheses indicates repeat visits.)

Akron University (2), Albuquerque Institute, Becker College, Broward Community College (4), Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland) (3), Community College of Allegheny County, Cincinnati Community College, Clark University, Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi (2), Emerson College (Boston) (3), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Lewis and Clark University, St Louis, Naugatuck College (Connecticut), Ohio University and its four regional campuses (2), Parker College, Dallas (2), South Western Illinois College (2), Southern Illinois University, St Louis University (2), St Mary's University, Halifax Nova Scotia, (Canada.) Tallahassee Community College, Tufts University, University of Missouri at Rolla, University of Missouri at St Louis, University of New Orleans, University of Northern Arizona, University of South Florida, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at San Antonio (2), Webster University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2).

UNITED KINGDOM WORKSHOPS OR KEYNOTES HAVE BEEN FACILITATED AT:

Leeds Metropolitan University (2), Leeds University (2), Portsmouth University, University of Dundee (2), Neath-Port Talbot College - Wales, Oxford Brookes University, West Suffolk College, National College of Ireland - Dublin Eire.

INDIA (Workshops 2008)

Dehradun High School, DPS RK Param, New Delhi, Surat High School, Surat, International High School, Calcutta, Sanskriti School, Guwhaiti, Assam, Patiala High School, Patiala.

CARIBBEAN Workshops

The University of West Indies (Barbados Campus) (2), The University of West Indies (Kingston Campus), The University of West Indies (Trinidad-Tobago Campus) (2).

OTHER INTERNATIONALWorkshops

Neil has presented workshops in Switzerland with Pamela Alean-Kirkpatrick and in Izmir, Turkey, and at the City University, Hong Kong.

WORKSHOPS ON USING A LEARNING PREFERENCES APPROACH IN SPORT

(Some examples.) Australian Institute of Sport, Olympic Development Squad, SportsCoach UK (UK Government-funded body for coaching in all sports), All Blacks (NZ Rugby), Australian Cricket, NZ Super14 Teams, NZ Rowing, NZ Bowls, Wallabies (Australian National Rugby Squad), Australian Cricket (National Coaching Organization), NSW Cricket, South Australian Institute of Sport (State-funded coaching organization), Academy of Sport, NZ (Government-funded National Coaching organization), Collingwood Australian Football League team, Melbourne Australia, Victorian Institute of Sport.

Organising a Workshop

If you are interested in a workshop at your workplace, educational institution, college or university contact Neil at:

Neil Fleming
50 Idris Road
Christchurch, New Zealand
Phone (+64) (3) 351-7798
Email: flemingn@ihug.co.nz
Web page: http://www.vark-learn.com
 
 
 
 

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